Sourdough & Co. v. GSD Foods CA3

Filed 6/7/22 Sourdough & Co. v. GSD Foods CA3

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT

(Sacramento) ----

SOURDOUGH & CO., INC., et al., C092935

Cross-complainants and Respondents, (Super. Ct. No. 34-2020- 00278298-CU-BT-GDS) v.

GSD FOODS, INC., et al.,

Cross-defendants and Appellants.

This case arises out of a business dispute between several parties to licensing agreements to operate sandwich restaurants under the trademark “Sourdough & Co.” We are presented with the question of whether a cause of action for fraud and deceit, raised in a cross-complaint, is subject to an anti-SLAPP motion under Code of Civil Procedure

1 section 425.16.1 The trial court denied the anti-SLAPP motion filed by GSD Foods, Inc., Davinder Singh, Powerglide…